Hi Annie and Tom:
I have the 1851 census info as you have sent to me Annie - a transcript, not an original.
My records were first obtained from FamilySearch LDS Site and second from Ancestry Site, dating back a few years.
Children of William Anderson and Janet Stewart:
Janet b. 11 July 1841.
William b. 24 March 1846 - my great grand father.
Ann b. 29 October 1839, registered as being with her grand parents at the 1851 census.
Those grand parents are Janet's parents - John Stewart and Ann Innes , farmers near Dunblane.
As mentioned to Tom, I can not find any census records on SP - I will try again later.
Tom, your links are to Ancestry.uk and my subscription is with Ancestry.ca, so I could not make the quick connection, unless I am missing some way to do this. I am older than you Tom and sometimes not so quick on computers!
Yes, the 1861 census has Ann and Janet interchanged.
I suggested this correction to Ancestry.ca and I believe it is recorded there.
From my copies of the census - as you noted Tom, the 1871 census shows Janet with boarders.
It also shows a grand child Ann Gray, age 3, which fits this family.
The 1881 census shows Janet again with boarders.
The 1891 census shows Janet, still on Main Street and Supported by Family.
In another 1881 census, Ann Gow, Janet's sister, is shown as having a butcher shop on Main Street, Doune and I would hazard a guess it may be the same address as other census' for Janet - something I am trying to find out.
Thanks,
Dave
PS - is this appropriate to reply to both of you in same post?
Also, I received notification on my e-mail for the post by Annie, but no notification for yours Tom - do I need to set some parameters on my profile?